Life is Sweet

Sometimes when you live overseas, or are traveling abroad, you miss the comforts of home. Not in Dubai! On Saturday (which is like a Sunday here) we watched Tim’s favorite All Blacks play live on T.V., while having my favorite Blue Bell Ice Cream. All after...

Sugar & Spice

The other night El and I stumbled upon this amazing little fabric shop. We were freaking out. You’d think I could sew or something the way I’ve been going on about trims, fabrics and borders. I think these ladies thought we were crazy in there! They were...

Friday Night Dubai Style Part II

For dinner Tim was dying to go back to his favorite childhood restaurant, Cactus Cantina. Being a Muslim country, alcohol is forbidden in the United Arab Emirates. The only places you can drink are in bars or restaurants inside hotels. Cactus Cantina opened in 1992,...

Friday Night Dubai Style Part I

On Friday, Chris & El took out out on the town to show us the great nightlife Dubai has to offer! Late afternoon we started out at the Bahri Bar which is in the Mina A’ Salam Hotel. The hotel lies in an entire complex of restaurants, a souk and summer homes...

The Persian Gulf

I’m adding to my list of ‘bodies of water my toes have touched’. The Persian Gulf got ticked off a few afternoons ago. Tim and I had wandered down to the Dubai Marina. Beautiful water and beach, surrounded by massive highrises and we could see the...

Ski Dubai

While at the Mall of Emirates the other day, we stumbled upon the famous, “Ski Dubai”. Now, I’m not a huge skier, I lived in Colorado for 5 years and hardly even hit the slopes…but I think I could manage skiing in a mall. Sure, shopping,...